To Lord Althalos, Penned the 5th of June

[Oberon Sterlyn]

Arriving the 12th of June


Addressed to Honoured Lord Leonard Althalos of the House Althalos, Noble Ruler of Blasa, Feared Keeper of Winter and Sovereign of the Ice Lands.

I applaud you, sir, for your swift and loyal aid to the Milovs of Tocken. It speaks volumes of you that, even with your current situation, you dare not let a friend's call to aid go unanswered. You remind me of my son, Corin, who would never let a companion fight alone.

But I fear that we Sterlyns, monarchs by the sword and axe, are not close enough to you to beg of your aid, so this letter will not contain an ounze of beggary. I am a frail and dying old bear, Leonard, but I have my pride. I merely ask that you attempt to tread diplomatically with my honoured kin, the Severnes. They are driven by a sense of duty that we both can empathise with; they merely wish to carve out a better future for their kin, so the sacrifices of loved ones were not in vain. Surely you, of all men, can see the sense in this?
So I beg of you, Great Lord, see them as fellows in this troublesome world and not as your enemies.

Alongside this, I caution you. I have heard that you have taken to drinking Pine Tea and Mead in one sitting. This is highly inadvisable! My first wife, Gods rest her serene soul, cautioned me against it, and my bowels voided themselves for weeks! I did love her so, my Lord, and it is only my second wife, and my children, that keep me from missing her to the afterlife.

You are a wise man, Leonard Althalos. You can see truth where there are lies. Sense where there is only tales. I know that, in these turbulent times, you will see througn the misty fog of falsehood, and come to tread along the right path.

Your friend and Northman-at-Heart, Lord Oberon Sterlyn.

[Leonard Althalos Lorterra]

Returned 6/14, arriving 6/21 (so after the gyllene stuff, just hold it until we get there <3)


Oberon Sterlyn

House Severne is my kin as well. My mother was Elissa Severne Lorterra, sister of the once Lord Jeric Severne and Queen of Forsilvra, wed to the late King Aston Lorterra, victim of a kinslayer. This very same kinslayer is the excuse Merquis Sterlyn used to vanquish House Lorterra. He claimed revenge for the death of my father and execution of the criminal. I fully support such a decision.

However, House Sterlyn had no rights to execute his innocent son, Waltyn, and if your father’s claim of vengeance for mine is true, then I ask you now to stand behind his son the true heir of the throne myself, Leonard Althalos Lorterra.

I would also ask that you write to our kin, House Severne, who attacked the province of Blasa without provocation from myself. House Althalos and House Lorterra bore Lord Theodoric no ill-will until our own lands were violated with his hand and burnt by someone of his command or perhaps his own. Lord Winter’s wife and family were taken as hostages to Atra. Ask them to stand down, to return those women and children who belong to Blasa and lay down his weapons and bend the knee. Ask that he sue for peace in the war his actions started.

I would say this, Oberon. You are a wise man as well, and you have tread the path behind a king for many years. Ask yourself if what you see in Solbra is indeed the path you wish to follow. I know my path. And I know what is right in this world. Let us move into the next reign of Forsilvra as allies.

As for the rumors, Oberon, men and women will piss themselves to gossip. Watch that your mouth doesn't become too filled with summer wine and dream smoke lest you start believing lies as truth and truth as lies. Clouding the mind is inadvisable as well.

King Leonard Althalos Lorterra
Of the True Line of House Lorterra, Lord of Kyla, the crown city of Blasa.
King of Forsilvra. By Blood